St. Bernard Projects

St. Bernard Projects was a housing project in the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Mid-City District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission were: Harrison Avenue to the north, Paris Avenue to the east, Lafreniere Street and Florida Avenue to the south and Bayou St. John to the west.

St. Bernard Projects
New Orleans Neighborhood
Coordinates: 29°59′49″N 90°04′46″W
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
CityNew Orleans
Planning DistrictDistrict 4, Mid-City District
Area
 • Total0.36 sq mi (0.9 km2)
 • Land0.36 sq mi (0.9 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation
0 ft (0 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total17
 • Density47/sq mi (18/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)504

Geography

Fairgrounds is located at 29°59′49″N 90°04′46″W [1] and has an elevation of 0 feet (0.0 m).[2] According to the United States Census Bureau, the district has a total area of 0.36 square miles (0.9 km2). 0.36 square miles (0.9 km2) of which is land and 0.00 square miles (0.0 km2) (0.0%) of which is water.

Adjacent Neighborhoods

Boundaries

The City Planning Commission defines the boundaries of St. Bernard Projects as these streets: Harrison Avenue, Paris Avenue, Lafreniere Street, Florida Avenue and Bayou St. John.[3]

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,427 people, 2,020 households, and 1,576 families living in the neighborhood.[4] The population density was 17,853 /mi² (7,141 /km²).

As of the census of 2010, there were 974 people, 403 households, and 231 families living in the neighborhood.[4]

History

Located in the city's 7th Ward, the complex was built over a few decades, beginning in the 1940s and has the distinction of being the 2nd largest housing project in the city. Like most public housing developments, it was not a very safe complex as it became a battle ground for drug dealers during the height of the Crack epidemic in the late 1980s. It was once nicknamed "Dodge City" due to wild shootouts that occurred between rival gangs.[5] Between 2002 and 2003 St. Bernard had total of 25 homicides, 13 slayings in 2002 and 12 in 2003. Many of the residents blamed HANO for displacing other residents from other housing projects for the rise in murders. [6] After Hurricane Katrina the project closed and demolition began two years later. In 2008 The project was completely torn down and rebuilt as Columbia Parc, a mixed-income neighborhood.

See also
  • New Orleans neighborhoods

References
  1. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  2. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. Greater New Orleans Community Data Center. "St. Bernard Projects Neighborhood". Retrieved 2008-06-21.
  4. "St. Bernard Area Neighborhood". Greater New Orleans Community Data Center. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  5. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=TP&p_theme=tp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=DODGE%20CITY,%20ST.%20BERNARD%20PROJECT%20AND%20date(1/1/1989%20to%203/31/1989)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=1/1/1989%20to%203/31/1989)&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(DODGE%20CITY,%20ST.%20BERNARD%20PROJECT)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=_rank_:D&xcal_ranksort=4&xcal_useweights=yes
  6. http://www.nola.com/treme-hbo/index.ssf/2007/01/housing_agencies_sue_to_remove.html


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